Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1965. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Leland B. Jacobs. Dissertation Committee: Mildred L. Fairchild. A study of the children's works of George MacDonald, William Henry Hudson, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, John Ronald Renel Tolkien and Clive Staples Lewis--Cf. leaf 1. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003. / Title from title page screen, viewed October 12, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Roberta Seelinger Trites (chair), Karen Coats, Janice Neuleib. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-236) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003. / Title from title page screen, viewed October 17, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Jan C. Susina (chair), C. Anita Tarr, Cynthia A. Huff. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-184) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACTThe Victorian period, often heralded as the golden age of children‘s literature, saw both a break and a continuation with the traditions of the fairy tale genre, with many authors choosing this platform to question and subvert social and literary expectations (Honic, Breaking the Angelic Image 1; Zipes, Art of Subversion 97). George MacDonald (1824-1905), a prolific Scottish theologian, whose unspoken sermons, essays, novels, fantasies and children‘s fairy tales deliberately engage with such issues as gender, mortality, class, poverty and morality, was one such author (Ellison 92). This thesis critically examines how the Victorian writer George MacDonald portrays the notion of a ‗self‘ in terms of fixed ‗character‘ and mutable physical appearance in his fairy tales for children. Chapter One provides a foundation for this study by studying MacDonald‘s literary and religious context, particularly important for this former preacher banned from his pulpit (Reis, 24). Chapter Two explores a series of examples of the interaction between characters and their physical bodies. This begins with examining portrayals of characters synonymous with their bodies, before contrasting this with characters whose bodies appear differently than their inner selves. Chapter Two finishes by observing those characters whose physical forms alter throughout the course of the tale. As these different character-body interactions are observed, a marked separation between character and body emerges. In Chapter Three, the implications of this separation between character and body are explored. By writing such separations between the character and their body, MacDonald creates a space where further questions can be asked about our understanding of issues such as identity and mortality. Chapter Three begins with an analysis of the observations made in the first chapter, posing that MacDonald crafted characters consisting of an inner self and a physical body. This was then further explored through images of recognition in the tales, finding that characters are expected to recognize one another despite complete physical alterations; the inner self is able to know and be known. Chapter Three concludes by studying mortality in the tales, particularly MacDonald‘s portrayals of the possibility of life after death. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Viktoriaanseperiode, wat gereeld voorgehou word as die goue era vir kinderliteratuur, het beide breuke en kontinuïteit gehad met die tradisies van die genre van sprokiesverhale. Menigte skrywers het sprokiesverhale gekies as ‘n middel waardeur hulle sosiale en literêre verwagtinge kon bevraagteken en omseil (Honic, Breaking the Angelic Image 1; Zipes, Art of Subversion 97). George MacDonald (1824—1905) — 'n prolifieke Skotse teoloog, wie se onuitgesproke preke, opstelle, novelle, fantasieë en kindersprokies doelgerig kwessies soos geslag, moraliteit, klas en armoede getakel het — was een só 'n skrywer (Ellison 92). Hierdie tesis ondersoek krities hoe die Viktoriaanse skrywer George MacDonald die idee van ‗self‘ uitgebeeld het in terme van 'n vaste "karakter" en veranderbare fisiese voorkoms in sy sprokiesverhale vir kinders. Hoofstuk Een verskaf 'n fondasie vir hierdie studie deur MacDonald se literêre- en geloofskonteks te bestudeer. Hierdie is besonders belangrik, omdat hierdie gewese predikant voorheen van die kansel verban was (Reis, 24). Hoofstuk Twee ondersoek 'n reeks voorbeelde van die interaksie tussen karakters en hul fisiese gestaltes. Dit begin met 'n ondersoek van uitbeeldings waarin karakters sinoniem met hul voorkoms is. Daarna word 'n kontras getrek met karakters wie se uiterlike voorkoms verskillend is van wie hulle innerlik is. Hoofstuk Twee sluit af deur merking te maak van karakters wie se fisiese voorkoms verander deur die verloop van die verhaal. Soos hierdie verskillende interaksies tussen karakter en voorkoms ondersoek word, word 'n merkbare verdeling tussen karakter en voorkoms ontbloot. In Hoofstuk Drie word die implikasies van hierdie verdeling tussen karakter en voorkoms ondersoek. Deur so 'n verdeling tussen karakter en voorkoms uit te beeld, skep MacDonald 'n ruimte waarbinne verdere vrae gevra kan word oor hoe ons kwessies soos identiteit en moraliteit verstaan. Hoofstuk Drie begin met 'n analise van die opmerkings wat in die eerste hoofstuk gemaak is, waarin gestel word dat MacDonald sy karakters ontwerp het om te bestaan uit 'n innerlike self en 'n fisiese voorkoms. Hierdie word dan verder ondersoek deur te kyk na voorbeelde van gewaarwording in die verhale, waar daar gevind is dat daar van die karakters verwag word om mekaar te herken ten spyte van gehele fisiese veranderinge; die innerlike self kan ken en geken word. Hoofstuk Drie sluit af deur die moraliteit van die stories te bestudeer, veral MacDonald se uitbeelding van die moontlikheid van lewe na die dood.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-12-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:27:00Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 fialho_pff_me_assis.pdf: 577331 bytes, checksum: 2146625ee2050a27499559ac8d0d95fb (MD5) / Com base na trajetória da literatura infantil e sua relação com a pedagogia, esta pesquisa pretende abordar três obras poéticas da escritora Cecília Meireles por esse ponto de vista, ressaltando o discurso pedagógico presente nas obras de poesia infantil da escritora, como Criança meu amor, A festa das Letras e Ou isto ou aquilo. Pretende-se desvendar o discurso pedagógico contido nesses textos evidenciando neles a presença de uma criança modelo, como forma de exemplo para o leitor, como também na abordagem de assuntos que buscam enfatizar conhecimentos para a criança. Esse discurso apresentado nos versos da poetisa retrata uma educadora e escritora preocupada com o universo infantil e suas particularidades. Essas três obras de Cecília Meireles, portanto, apresentam características que às associam à educação, auxiliando no processo de ensino. Para além disso, a pesquisa também aborda o discurso estético dos poemas, sua musicalidade, imagem e ritmo, ressaltando a importância desses elementos poéticos para a obra da escritora. Por causa de seu trabalho estético com o vocábulo e com o universo infantil, Cecília Meireles consagra-se como uma escritora para adultos e, principalmente, para as crianças que tanto fizeram parte de sua vida, sendo sua obra reconhecida pela crítica literária e fazendo parte do cânone literário brasileiro / Based on the trajectory of literature for children and its relation to pedagogy, this research intends to broach the Cecília Meireles' infantile poetry by this point of view, emphasizing the educational discourse in the works of a writer of children's poetry, such as Criança meu amor, A festa das Letras and Ou isto ou aquilo. It is intended to uncover the pedagogical discourse in these texts by showing the presence of model child, as an example for the reader, as well as in addressing issues that seem to emphasize knowledge to the child. This speech delivered in nursery rhymes depicts the poet as an educator and writer concerned with the child's universe and its peculiarities. These three Cecília Meireles's works present characteristics which link them to education, helping the teaching process. Furthermore, this research also address the aesthetic discourse of poems, its musicality, image and rhythm, by stressing the importance of poetic elements in the work of the writer. Because of her aesthetic work with words and the child's universe, Cecília Meireles is established as a writer for adults and, mainly, for children who took part of her life, being her work recognized by the literary criticism and as part of the Brazilian literary canons

Este trabalho propõe uma discussão da leitura de literatura infantil sob a ótica da teoria da Estética da Recepção, em especial da teoria do Efeito Estético, a partir da análise de três obras do autor mineiro Nelson Cruz, que trazem personagens da história e da ficção brasileira, ilustradas a partir de imagens das artes plásticas, fotografias, textos históricos: Chica e João, Dirceu e Marília e Bárbara e Alvarenga. Pretende-se examinar se existem, nelas, elementos que podem mobilizar ou expandir as expectativas do leitor criança; investigar como o projeto de ilustração pode contribuir para a recepção da narrativa; bem como analisar como se estruturam essas obras, relativamente à participação do leitor, a partir do princípio de que, segundo a Estética da Recepção, a leitura é um efeito experimentado pelo leitor, não um objeto rigidamente predeterminado pelo autor, que apesar de marcado no texto, permite a emancipação. Buscar-se-á responder à hipótese de que no corpus escolhido existem elementos que mobilizam ou expandem as expectativas do leitor criança, numa perspectiva emancipatória, a partir do efeito trazido pela leitura. A ficção histórica de Nelson Cruz trata-se de uma experimentação do ponto de vista cultural e de uma nova forma de fazer literatura, de pensar o nacional, de fazer literatura brasileira e especialmente a literatura infantil ilustrada, que é proposta como uma expressão original do pensamento crítico fundado em amplo e meticuloso estudo das manifestações culturais da literatura brasileira, que o autor mineiro reinterpreta. Ele mostra uma especificidade da História do Brasil, em que a apreensão da psicologia do cidadão está aliada ao conhecimento de sua ancestralidade. A somatória de estilos, linguagens e paródias de discursos vários geram uma obra nova que, em seu tempo de produção, mostra um "sintoma de cultura", o que resulta em textos de exigente valor estético destinados aos leitores criança. O corpus da pesquisa mobiliza figuras históricas periféricas e valores menosprezados, como o sonho e a poesia, alterando posições hierárquicas típicas da sociedade brasileira – não só do século XVIII –, promovendo o sofrimento dos perseguidos a tema para a criança, Nelson Cruz propõe uma literatura infantil carregada de afetividade e potencial crítico. Aliada a um projeto ilustrativo que se alimenta habilmente das conquistas das modernas artes visuais e cinematográficas, sua obra consegue a aproximação ao jovem leitor sem quaisquer laivos de imposição ou autoritarismo, pelo fascínio das imagens e a sinceridade das personagens, com todos os requisitos para emancipar o público visado. / This work proposes a discussion of the reading of children 's literature from the viewpoint of the Theory of Reception Aesthetics, especially the Aesthetic Effect Theory, based on the analysis of three works by the author Nelson Cruz, who bring characters from Brazilian History and fiction , illustrated from pictures of the plastic arts, photographs, historical texts: Chica e João, Dirceu e Marília and Bárbara e Alvarenga. The intention is to examine if there are elements that can mobilize or expand the expectations of the child reader; investigate how the illustration project can contribute to the reception of the narrative; as well as analyzing how these works are structured, in relation to the reader's participation, based on the principle that, according to the Aesthetics of Reception, reading is an effect experienced by the reader, not an object rigidly predetermined by the author, text, allows for emancipation. It will be tried to answer the hypothesis that in the chosen corpus there are elements that mobilize or expand the expectation of the child reader, in an emancipatory perspective, from the effect brought by the reading. The historical fiction of Nelson Cruz is a cultural experimentation and a new way of doing literature, of thinking the national, of making brazilian literature and especially illustrated children's literature, which is proposed as an original expression of the critical thinking based on a broad and meticulous study of the cultural manifestations of brazilian literature, which the author of Minas Gerais reinterprets. This work proposes a discussion of the reading of children's literature from the viewpoint of the Theory of Reception Aesthetics, especially the Aesthetic Effect Theory, based on the analysis of three works by the author Nelson Cruz, who bring characters from Brazilian History and fiction , illustrated from pictures of the plastic arts, photographs, historical texts: Chica e João, Dirceu e Marília and Bárbara e Alvarenga. The intention is to examine if there are elements that can mobilize or expand the expectations of the child reader; investigate how the illustration project can contribute to the reception of the narrative; as well as analyzing how these works are structured, in relation to the reader's participation, based on the principle that, according to the Aesthetics of Reception, reading is an effect experienced by the reader, not an object rigidly predetermined by the author, text, allows for emancipation. It will be tried to answer the hypothesis that in the chosen corpus there are elements that mobilize or expand the expectation of the child reader, in an emancipatory perspective, from the effect brought by the reading. The historical fiction of Nelson Cruz is a cultural experimentation and a new way of doing literature, of thinking the national, of making brazilian literature and especially illustrated children's literature, which is proposed as an original expression of the critical thinking based on a broad and meticulous study of the cultural manifestations of brazilian literature, which the author of Minas Gerais reinterprets.

This thesis analyzes the mother-child relationship in the Harry Potter novels by using Melanie Klein’s object-relation based theory. I argue the mothers and their relationship with their offspring represent fragments of a whole complicated psyche. The characters are not analyzed as individuals, but instead as pieces, sometimes multiple pieces, of a whole psyche. When these characters and novels are taken together, a whole, multi-faceted person comes into view. Rowling depicts both good and bad mothers, and children who characterize different positions according to Klein. These positions are the paranoid-schizoid position with Harry Potter and the depressive position with Sirius Black and Rubeus Hagrid. Although the series suggests a developmental arc or a coming of age story within fantasy literature, there is no linear progression; instead, there are disruptive positions without development.

If we look at the world around us with a critical glance from a gender perspective we often notice that there are expectations of children because of norms, not least for the girls. This is widely used also in fiction and this shaped my wish that with this study examining girls in fictional roles. The author Astrid Lindgren has in her literature often one or more girls in prominent roles why my choice fell on to take a closer look at and analyze a few of these. The aim with this study has been to analyze selected girls' characters and stories by Astrid Lindgren. As a method for my study I have used a broad qualitative analysis from a gender perspective which created the conditions needed to provide answers to the work's questions about the characters and its similarities-and differences. What I found was that, even though they were written on different occasions over a forty-year-long period, the characters had a lot in common. Some of the common qualities between the characters were strength, skills and a willingness to do good. Which can therefore be assumed to have been important qualities to Astrid Lindgren. / Om vi ser på vår omvärld med en kritisk blick utifrån ett genusperspektiv märker vi att det inte är ovanligt med begränsningar för- och förväntningar på barn utifrån normer, inte minst för flickor. Det här är vanligt förekommande även i den fiktiva världen och detta formade min önskan om att med den här studien undersöka just flickor i fiktiva roller. Författaren Astrid Lindgren har i sin litteratur ofta en eller flera flickor i framträdande roller varför mitt val föll på att titta närmare på och analysera just några av dessa. Syftet med studien har varit att analysera utvalda flickkaraktärer och berättelser av Astrid Lindgren. Som metod för min studie har jag använt mig av en bred kvalitativ analys utifrån ett genusperspektiv vilket skapade de förutsättningar som behövdes för att ge svar på arbetets frågeställningar om karaktärerna och dess likheter- samt olikheter. Det jag fann var att karaktärerna trots att de var skrivna vid olika tillfällen under en närmare fyrtio år lång tidsperiod hade mycket gemensamt. Några av de gemensamma kvaliteterna karaktärerna emellan var styrka, kompetens och en vilja att göra gott. Kvaliteter som därför kan antas ha varit viktiga för Astrid Lindgren.